Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City